Country Summary Of Area And Proportion Occupation By General Soil Types
| General Soil Type |
Area (sq. km) |
Proportion % |
| Floodplain Soils |
||
| Calcareous Alluvium Non-calcareous Alluvium Calcareous Brown Floodplain Soils Calcareous Grey Floodplain Soils Calcareous Dark Grey Floodplain Soils Non-calcareous Grey Floodplain Soils Non-Calcareous Down Floodplain Soils Non-Calcareous Dark Grey Floodplain Soils Black Terai Soils Acid Basin Clays Acid Sulphate Soils Peat Grey Plidmont Soils Made-land |
591796 562242 478518 170767 1434678 33871 53 383312 1599645 83408 348994 226647 130005 215279 106278 |
4.1 3.9 3.3 1.2 9.9 23.4 2.6 11.0 0.6 2.4 1.6 0.9 1.5 0.7 |
| Area of Floodplain Soils Proportion of total soil area Hill Soils Brown Hill Soils |
9718722 1561472 |
67.1 (79.0) 10.8 |
| Area of Hill Soils Proportion of total soil area Terrace Soils Shallow Red-Brown Terrace Soils Deep Red-Brown Terrace Soils Brown Mottled Terrace Soils Shallow Grey Terrace Soils Deep Grey Terrace Soils Grey Valley Soils |
1561472 72549 189380 34335 265427 352152 114287 |
10.8 (12.7) 0.5 1.3 0.3 1.8 2.4 0.8 |
| Area of Terrace Soils Proportion of total soil area |
1028030 |
7.1 (8.3) |
| Total Soil Area Miscellaneous Land Types River, bills, etc. Urban Homesteads + included takns |
12308224 973430 81945 1122670 |
85.0 6.7 0.6 7.7 |
| Area of Miscellaneous Land Types |
2178045 |
15.0 |
| Total |
14486269 |
100.0 |
Note: Area figures are not
undated and differ from land areas updated by the office of the surveyor general
of
Bangladesh, 1993
Source:
Soil Resource Development Institute. (SRDI), Ministry of Agriculture, Krishi
Khamar Sarak, Dhaka-1215.